A laboratory sample preparation procedure of asphalt mixes, including a compaction technique,affects physical and mechanical behaviours of asphalt paving mixtures. The procedure must beeasy and able to simulate the compaction techniques applied on the construction of roadpavements. This research tends to comprehensively study the benefits and drawbacks of severalcompaction techniques, a suitable compaction technique for large-stone mixes, as well asresearch variables affecting the performance of large-stone asphalt mixes (maximum aggregateup to 37.50 mm).Using an experimental design of Factorial in fractional replications, research variables included3(three) types of asphalt (C-170, C-320, and Multigrade), 3(three) asphalt contents, and 3(three)aggregate gradings. Coarse and fine aggregates were taken from Nepean river, since largeaggregates were taken from the EMU-plant, New South Wales. Emphasize was given to thegyratory compaction method while the use of vibratory and free fall compaction methods due to acomparative evaluation.The laboratory results show that the gyratory compaction method produced better performancesamples compared to other methods. The relationship between the number of gyropac cycles andsample’s measured height during the compaction process can be used to measure the workabilityof the mixes. This workability was greatly influenced by asphalt contents and the coefficientuniformity of aggregate gradations.